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Over the river and through the woods: a family discovers the joy of simply walking together.

Publication: Mothering
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Over the river and through the woods: a family discovers the joy of simply walking together.(a child's world)

Article Excerpt
My daughter calls it Treasure Time. It's the three hours between 9 a.m. and noon every day when I take my three kids--a baby, a toddler, and a preschooler --and disappear into the woods for a hike. It's the time when I drop everything and become a train conductor, chugging hillside chanting "I think I can, I think I can' with the caboose; or a beautiful mermaid dancing along the ocean shore, Swaying gently to the sounds Of the crashing waves. It's my children's time, and there's nothing in the world they'd rather do than walk three miles on a wooded path with their mom. It's the time when I dedicate my attention solely to them and envelop myself in their games.

There is so much to play out on the trail, and there...

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